Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of Public/User_Guide/News

Timestamp:

Dec 3, 2020, 8:35:36 AM (3 years ago)

Author:

Jochen Kreutz

Comment:

updated several items

Public/User_Guide/News

@@ -5 +5 @@
 This is a summary of the latest news concerning the system. For a list of known problems related to the system, please refer to [wiki:Public/User_Guide/PaS this page].
 
-''Last update: 2020-11-18''
+''Last update: 2020-12-03''
 {{{#!comment 
 [[span(style=color: #FF0000, System will be in maintenance in CW37 (Monday, 2020-09-07 to Friday 2020-09-11))]]
 }}}
 
+[[span(style=color: #FF0000, Due to JUST problems there is currently no login possible !)]]
+
 == System hardware ==
 
+{{{#!comment
 === CM nodes ===
-
-- EnergyMeter kernel module has been updated 
+}}}
 
 === ESB nodes ===
 
-- remaining two ESB racks have been installed: now 75 ESB nodes present
-- currently connected via IB EDR, to be changed to Extoll network later this year
+- in CW51 the first ESB rack will be updated to use Extoll network (instead of IB)
 
 === DAM nodes ===
 
-- all nodes still run in app-direct mode for the DCPMM (see #2366)
-
-- BIOS update has been rolled out to all DAM nodes
+- Persistent memory for nodes dp-dam[03-16] will be extended to 3 TB with next maintenance (CW51)
 
 === Network Federation Gateways ===
 
-- two gateway nodes for IB <-> Extoll bridging between CM/ESB and DAM are available for the users
+- Gateway nodes will be completed in CW51 to the final layout: 
+
+  * 2 NF-GW EDR/Fabri3
+
+  * 2x NF-GW 40GbE/Fabri3
+
+  * 2x NF-GW EDR/40GbE
 
 - for an example on how to use the gateway nodes and for further information, 
@@ -39 +44 @@
 ==== NAM ====
 
-- a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM is being prepared
+- a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM is being set up (using dp-dam[03,04])
 
 === File Systems ===
 
+- **a new All Flash Storage Module (AFSM) is going to be added to the system in January 2020**
+
 - DEEP-EST storage has been rebuilt for performance reasons
   - BeeGFS servers and clients have been updated
-  - the SDV is de-coupled now meaning that the SDV nodes only mount `/sdv-work` (not `/work`) and the DEEP-EST nodes only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`)
+  - the SDV is de-coupled now meaning that the SDV nodes do not mount `/work` anymore and the DEEP-EST (CM,DAM,ESB) nodes only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`)
 
-- BeeGFS (`/work`) will get user quotas (see section "User management")
+- BeeGFS (`/work`) user quotas is in place now (see section "User management")
 
 - It is possible to access the `$ARCHIVE` file system from the `deepv` login node under `/arch`. For more information about `$ARCHIVE`, please refer to the [wiki:Filesystems Filesystems page] and see also
@@ -53 +60 @@
 
 - DCPMM usage within BeeGFS currently being tested on `dp-dam03`
-  - more tests (with CentOS 8) to follow
+  - more tests (with different kernel versions) being done
 
 == System software ==
@@ -63 +70 @@
   - burst buffer pluggin
 
-- 2020a Easybuild stage is currently being set up 
-
-- ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) has been installed and is used as default now
+- 2020 Easybuild stage is currently being set up 
 
 - Intel oneAPI Beta 10 version has been installed to /usr/local/intel/oneapi
@@ -75 +80 @@
 
 - a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) has been implemented
-  - thresholds to be defined 
+  - thresholds still to be defined